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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 

Trustees 5 

Standing Committees 6 

REVISED STATUTES 7 

I. — The President 7 

II. — The University Council .... 8 

III. — The Faculties 10 

IV. — Officers of Administration . . . . 13 

V. — Foundations 13 

VI. — The Library 14 

VII.— The Chapel 15 

VIIL— School of Arts 15 

IX. — School of Law 18 

X. — College of Physicians and Surgeons . . 20 

XI. — School of Mines . . . ; . . . 23 

XII. — School of Political Science .... 25 

XIII. — School of Philosophy 26 

XIV. — School of Pure Science .... 27 

XV.— Students 28 

XVI.— Fees 28 

XVII. — Fellowships 31 

XVIII. — Scholarships and Prizes .... 33 

XIX. — Academic Costume 35 

XX. — Academic Calendar 36 

XXI. — Publications 37 

XXII. — Public Lectures and Meetings ... 37 

XXIII.— Amendments 38 

Resolutions 39 

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TRUSTEES. 



Hamilton Fish,'LL.D., 

Chatr?nan. 

John B. Pine, 
Clerk. 



Hamilton Fish, LL.D. 

William C. Schermerhorn. 

Morgan Dix, S.T.D., D.C.L. 

Samuel Blatchford, LL.D. 

Stephen P. Nash, LL.D. 

Joseph W. Harper. 

Charles A. Silliman. 

Frederick A. Schermerhorn. 

Gerard Beekman. 

Abram N. Littlejohn, D.D., 
LL.D. (Cantab.) 

Edward Mitchell. 

W. Bayard Cutting. 



Talbot W. Chambers, S.T.D. 

Seth Low, LL.D. 

George L. Rives. 

Lenox Smith. 

John Crosby Brown. 

Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D. 
(Cantab.) 

William H. Draper, M.D. 

Marvin R. Vincent, S.T.D. 

John B. Pine. 

Cornelius Vanderbilt. 

George G. Wheelock, M.D. 



TREASURER. 



John McLean Nash 



67 Wall Street. 



STANDING COMMITTEES. 



ON FINANCE. 



Mr. Rives (1896), Chairman. 
Mr. Beekman (1894), Mr. Brown (1895), 

Dr. Wheelock (1897), Secretary, Mr. Cutting (1898). 



ON BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. 



The President (ex-officio), Chairman. 
Mr. W. C. Schermerhorn (1894), Mr. Harper (1895), 
Mr. Pine (1897), Secretary, Mr. Smith (1898). 



ON HONORS. 



Rev. Dr. Dix (1898), Chairman. 
Mr. Mitchell (1894), Mr. Vanderbilt (1895), 

Mr. Nash (1896), Secretary, Mr. Fish (1897). 



ON EDUCATION. 



Mr. Nash (1896), Chairman. 
Rev. Dr. Vincent (1894), Dr. Wheelock (1894), 

Rev. Dr. Dix (1895), Mr. Pine (1895), Secretary, 

Mr. F. A. Schermerhorn (1896), Mr. Fish (ex-officio). 

ON THE LIBRARY. 

The President (ex-officio). Chairman. 
Bishop Potter (1895), Dr. Draper (1896), 

Rev. Dr. Chambers (1897), Mr. Harper (1898), 

The Librarian (ex-officio). Secretary. 

[Note. — The date after each name indicates the expiration of 
term of office.] 

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REVISED STATUTES. 



CHAPTER I. 

THE PRESIDENT. 

§ I. The President shall have charge of the educational Powera. 
administration of the College, and shall be the Chairman of 
the University Council, and of every Faculty established by 
the Trustees. He shall preside at all Commencements, and 
shall sign all diplomas for degrees duly conferred. 

He shall preside at meetings of the University Council, 
and of the several Faculties, and his concurrence shall be 
necessary to every act of each of such bodies ; unless, after 
his non-concurrence, the act or resolution shall be again 
passed by a vote of two-thirds of the entire body at the 
same or at the next succeeding meeting thereof. 

In all cases where there shall be a non-concurrence be- 
tween the President and a majority of the Council or Fac- 
ulty present at the time, the names of those voting on each 
side shall be entered on the minutes, and each member shall 
be entitled to have entered on the minutes his reasons for 
his vote. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the President to take charge Duties, 
and have care of the College generally, of its buildings, of 
its grounds adjacent thereto, and of its movable property 
upon the same ; 

To call meetings of the University Council, and of the 
several Faculties, and to give such directions and perform 
such acts as shall, in his judgment, promote the interests of 
the College, so that they do not contravene the Charter, the 
Statutes, or the resolutions of the Trustees, or of the Council 
or Faculties; 

To report to the Trustees annually, on the first Monday 
in October, and as occasion shall require, the condition and 
needs of the College ; 

To administer discipline in the case of a violation by a 

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8 THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 

Duties, student of any rule or regulation other than those adopted 

by a Faculty. 
Acting § 3. In the absence or disability of the President, pending 
President, ^ction by the Trustees, the Dean who has been longest 
in office, who shall be in the regular performance of his 
duties, shall perform the duties and exercise the authority 
of the President ; provided that when two or more Deans 
have served an equal length of time in such office, such 
powers and duties shall devolve upon that one of them 
who has been longest in the service of the College. 
Leave of §4- 1^1 the casc of professors absent on leave, the Presi- 
Absence. dent shall liavc power to make such temporary arrange- 
ments for the work of the College as he may deem proper, 
provided that no expenditure shall be incurred beyond the 
limit of half-pay waived in each case by the absent profes- 
sor, and provided, further, that no part of such funds shall 
be used to give additional pay to any one already in the 
service of the College. The President shall report the 
details of every such arrangement at the next meeting of the 
Trustees. 

The President shall also have power to grant leave of 
absence for reasonable cause, and for such length of time as 
he shall judge the occasion may require. Such leave of 
absence shall be entered upon the minutes of the appropri- 
ate Faculty. 
Degrees. § 5- The President shall have power, when the require- 
ments of the Statutes have been satisfactorily fulfilled, to 
sconfer degrees as follows : 
fv^V a. The degree of Bachelor of Arts, upon the recom- 
mendation of the Faculty of Arts ; 

b. The professional and technical degrees of Bachelor 
of Laj afS^ upon the recommendation of the Faculty of 

.aw ; Doctor of Medicine, upon the recommendation of 
the Faculty of Medicine ; and Bachelor of Science, Engi- 
neer of Mines, Civil Engineer, Metallurgical Engineer, Elec- 
trical Engineer, and Sanitary Engineer, upon the recom- 
mendation of the Faculty of the School of Mines ; and 

c. The degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philoso- 
phy, upon the recommendation of the University Council. 

CHAPTER II. 

THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 

Constitution. § I. The University Couucil shall consist of the President, 
the Deans of the several University Faculties, and of a repre- 



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THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL. 



sentative chosen from and by each such Faculty for the term 
of three years (who shall be eligible for re-election), and of 
the Dean and Secretary of the School of Arts, ex officio. 

The term '' University Faculties " shall be deemed to 
include all the Faculties, except the Faculty of Arts. 

§ 2. The Council (subject to the reserved power of con- 
trol by the Trustees) shall have power, and it shall be its 
duty, in all matters not referred by statute to the President 
or the several Faculties : 

To fix and determine the conditions upon which the 
degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy 
shall be conferred, and to recommend candidates for such 
degrees ; 

To secure the correlation of courses offered by the 
several University Faculties, with a view to increasing the 
efficiency and enlarging the range of university work ; to 
encourage original research ; to adjust all questions involv- 
ing more than one Faculty ; 

To make such recommendations, both to the Trustees 
and to the several Faculties, concerning the educational 
administration of the university as may seem to it proper, 
and to advise the President upon such matters as he may 
bring before it ; 

To prescribe the form of the Commencement exercises 
and to select the speakers ; 

To appoint all Fellows and to make rules for their gov- 
ernment, subject to such restrictions as may be prescribed 
by the Statutes or by the terms upon which the several 
Fellowships are established. 

§ 3. No exercise of the powers conferred upon the Coun- 
cil, which involves a change in the educational policy of the 
College in respect to the requirements of admission, the 
course of study, or the conditions of graduation, shall take 
effect until the same shall have been submitted to the 
Trustees at one meeting, and another meeting of the 
Trustees shall have been held subsequent to that at which 
it was submitted. 

§ 4. The Council may invite a representative of the 
Faculties of the General Protestant Episcopal and of the 
Union Theological Seminaries, respectively, to sit with it, 
with power to advise only. 

§ 5. The Council shall meet at least once a month during 
the academic year, and special meetings shall be held on 
the call of the President. In the absence of the President 
the Council shall elect a temporary Chairman. 



Constitution. 



Powers, 



Limitation 
of Powers. 



Representa- 
tion of 
Seminaries. 



Meetings. 
Chairman. 



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THE FACULTIES. 



Secretary. | 6. Thc Couiicil sliall clcct a Secretary, who shall perform 
the usual duties of a recording officer, issue notices of meet- 
ings, and perform such other duties as shall be assigned to 
him by the President or Council. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE FACULTIES. 



Powers. 



Limitation 
of Powers, 



Deans. 



§ I. The several Faculties (subject to the reserved power 
of control by the Trustees and the provisions of the Statutes) 
shall have power, and it shall be their duty, in their respective 
Schools : 

To fix the requirements of admission, the course of study, 
and the conditions of graduation ; 

To establish rules for ascertaining the proficiency of stu- 
dents, and for the assignment of honors ; 

To establish the rules of conduct to be observed by the 
students ; 

To fix the times of examinations other than the entrance 
and final examinations ; 

To prepare and pubHsh from time to time a statement of 
the course of study, specifying the studies to be pursued 
in each year, and in each of the departments of instruction ; 

To make all such regulations of their own proceedings, 
and for the better government of their respective Schools, 
as shall not contravene the Charter of the College, the 
Statutes, or any resolution of the Trustees or Council. 

§ 2. No exercise of the powers conferred on any of the 
Faculties, which involves a change in the educational policy 
of the College in respect to the requirements of admission, 
the course of study, or the conditions of graduation, shall 
take effect until the same shall have been submitted to the 
Trustees at one meeting, and another meeting shall have 
been held subsequent to that at which it was submitted. 

§ 3. Each Faculty shall elect from among its own mem- 
bers a Dean, who shall hold office for a term of five years, 
and who shall be eligible for re-election, but he shall receive 
no additional compensation for his services in such office. 
The Dean shall be the executive officer of the Faculty, 
and it shall be his duty to report to the President an- 
nually, and as occasion shall require, the conditions and 
needs of the departments included in such Faculty. It 
shall also be his duty to enforce its rules and regulations 



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and those of the Trustees and Council so far as they relate 
to the Faculty represented by him. In the absence of the 
President the Dean shall preside at meetings of the Faculty. 
In the absence of the Dean the Faculty may elect an acting 
Dean who shall exercise the powers and perform the duties 
of the Dean. Nothing herein contained shall affect the 
compensation or term of office of any person now holding 
the office of Dean. 

§ 4. The Dean of each Faculty shall, with the approval of 
the President, administer discipline in the case of violation 
by a student of the rules and regulations of such Faculty. 

§ 5. Each Faculty shall elect a Secretary, who shall per- 
form the usual duties of a recording officer, shall issue 
notices of meetings, and shall perform such other duties as 
may be assigned to him by the President or the Dean of 
his Faculty. The Secretary shall receive no additional 
compensation for his services in such office. Nothing 
herein contained shall affect the term of office or compen- 
sation of any person now holding the office of Secretary. 

§ 6. Each Faculty shall meet at least once a month dur- 
ing the academic year, and special meetings shall be held 
on the call of the President, or, in his absence, of the 
Dean. 

§ 7. Each Faculty shall keep a book of minutes of its 
proceedings, which shall be submitted by the President at 
meetings of the Trustees. 

§ 8. The Faculty of any School may invite other officers 
of instruction in the university to take part in their delib- 
erations, but only the professors and adjunct professors 
who are members of such Faculty shall have the right to 
vote. 

§ 9. At each meeting of the several Faculties, the Presi- 
dent or, in his absence, the acting chairman shall read, for 
the information of the Faculty, so much of the printed 
summary of resolutions adopted by the Trustees at their 
last preceding meeting as he may deem material. 

§ 10. Officers of instruction shall be required to be in at- 
tendance at the College during the academic year, unless 
excused by the President or absent on leave. 

§ II. Appointments of all officers of instruction, other than 
professors and adjunct professors, shall be made by the 
Faculties severally of the Schools in which such officers 
are to serve, subject to confirmation by the Trustees. The 
number of such officers and the amount of their compensa- 
tion shall be determined in advance by the Trustees. 



Deans. 



Discipline. 



Secretaries. 



Meetings. 



Minutes. 



Right to 
Vote. 



Resolutions 
of the 
Trustees. 



Attendance. 



Appoint- 
ments. 



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THE FACULTIES. 



Grades of 
Office. 



Precedence. 
Salaries. 



Payment of 
Salaries. 



Other Em- 
ployment. 



Barnard 
College. 



Leave of 
Absence. 



Emeritus 
Professors. 



§ 12. The following grades of office shall be recognized in 
all appointments as ranking relatively to each other in the 
following order : professor, adjunct professor, instructor, 
tutor, assistant. Lecturers and curators may also be ap- 
pointed. A lecturer is an officer whose connection with the 
College is temporary, or whose service is not continuous. 
A curator is an officer having charge of collections. Nothing 
herein contained shall be construed to apply to the offices 
of prize lecturer in the School of Law or in the School of 
Political Science. 

§ 13. The professors in the several Faculties shall take 
precedence according to the dates of their appointments. 

§ 14. The salaries of the following named officers shall 
attach to the grade and shall be as follows : 

a. The salary of every instructor when first appointed 
shall be sixteen hundred dollars a year, with an annual in- 
crease of one hundred dollars, up to two thousand dollars. 

b. The salary of every tutor when first appointed shall be 
one thousand dollars a year, with an annual increase of one 
hundred dollars, up to fifteen hundred dollars. 

c. The salary of every assistant shall be five hundred 
dollars. 

§ 15. Payments of salaries shall be made quarterly, on 
the 30th of September, 31st of December, 31st of March, 
and 30th of June (which are hereby designated as the 
" usual quarter-days "), in each case to date, and at no other 
times. 

§ 16. No officer of instruction shall be employed in any 
occupation which interferes with the thorough, efficient, and 
earnest performance of the duties of his office. 

§ 17. Professors and others in the service of the College 
may lecture or teach in Barnard College with the consent 
of the President, and not otherwise. 

§ 18. Each professor shall be entitled once in every seven 
years to a year's leave of absence on half-pay, such year to 
count as a year of service to the College, provided, however, 
that not more than four professors shall be absent at any 
one time, and that the President shall adjust such leaves of 
absence. 

§ 19. Any professor who has been fifteen successive years 
or upwards in the service of the College, and who is also 
sixty-five years of age, or over, may at his own request, 
signified to the President in writing, or upon the motion 
of the Trustees, be made an emeritus professor on half-pay 
from the beginning of the next succeeding fiscal year. 



FO UN DA TIONS. 1 3 

§20. Emeritus professors shall have no stated duties, Emeritus 
but their names shall be included in the printed lists of the 
Faculties, and they shall be officially invited to attend all 
public exercises and Commencements. 

CHAPTER IV. 

OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION. 

§ I. It shall be the duty of the Superintendent, under the superintend- 
direction of the President, to take charge of the boiler house andOround^^ 
and of the heating, ventilating, and lighting apparatus ; to 
employ, control, and discharge all persons employed in and 
about the said boiler house and apparatus, and all janitors, 
watchmen, and other subordinates and servants ; and he 
shall have care of the College grounds and buildings and of 
the furniture and fixtures therein, and shall see that the 
same are kept in good and proper order and in sufficient 
repair, and shall perform such other duties as may from 
time to time be designated by the President. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the President's Secretary to President's 
perform such duties as may be designated by the President, ^^"^^^^y- 

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the Registrars of the several Registrars. 
Schools, respectively, to take charge of the office-work and 
perform such clerical duties as may be designated by 
the President or by the Deans of the several Schools 
respectively. 

CHAPTER V. 

FOUNDATIONS. 

§ I. A Scholarship may be founded in any School by the scholarships, 
payment to the Treasurer of the College of not less than three 
thousand dollars, and the person founding the same, his 
representatives and assigns, shall be entitled to have always 
one student educated in such School free of all charges for 
tuition. The Scholarship shall bear such title as the 
founder may designate, subject to the approval of the 
Trustees. 

§ 2. A Fellowship may be founded by the payment to Fellowships, 
the Treasurer of the College of not less than ten thousand 
dollars for the encouragement of advanced study and original 
research in such subject or subjects, and bearing such title as 
the founder may designate, subject to the approval of the 
Trustees. 



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THE LIBRARY, 



Professor- 
ships. 



§ 3. A Professorship may be founded by the payment to 
the Treasurer of the College of not less than one hundred 
thousand dollars to provide instruction in such subject, and 
bearing such title as the founder may designate, subject to 
the approval of the Trustees. 



CHAPTER VI. 



THE LIBRARY. 



Librarian. 



Books, how 
Purchased 
and Cata- 
logued. 



Loan of 
Books. 



§ I. The Librarian shall be the executive officer of the 
Library, under the direction of the President, and it shall 
be his duty to see that the Statutes and all resolutions, 
rules, and regulations relating to the Library are properly 
enforced. He shall be the custodian of the property of 
the Library, and of its files, records, books, and papers, 
and shall have the general charge and control of the Library 
and the rooms containing it, and also of the expenditures of 
all moneys appropriated by the Trustees for the purchase of 
books and supplies therefor; he shall appoint all needed 
assistants and subordinate officers, and fix their titles, duties, 
and compensations, provided that the total amount shall not 
exceed the appropriation of the Trustees for that purpose ; he 
shall make and enforce by suitable penalties any needed rules 
and regulations relating to the Library, its readers, officers, 
or servants. All bills on account of the Library, for books, 
periodicals, binding, administration, or other expenses, shall 
be examined and certified by the Librarian, or, in his absence, 
by the deputy duly appointed, and shall be countersigned 
by the President, before being paid. 

§ 2. All books, maps, charts, and other printed matter 
heretofore or hereafter purchased for the use of any depart- 
ment shall be deemed to be a part of the Library, and shall 
be stamped and catalogued as such, and such books shall 
be kept in the Library when not required in the respective 
departments for special uses ; and their presence shall be 
periodically verified and their condition inspected by the 
Librarian or one of his assistants. Such books shall be pur- 
chased by the Librarian and paid for out of the general book 
fund, except that books may be purchased by the head of a 
department and charged to the appropriation of that depart- 
ment, such purchase having first been approved by the 
President. 

§ 3. Books shall not be loaned except in conformity with 



SCHOOL OF ARTS. 



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regulations prescribed by the Committee of the Trustees on 
the Library. 

§ 4. No less than three copies of all reports and other 
matter printed by authority of the Trustees, except such as 
may be printed for their exclusive use, shall be deposited 
in the Library. 

§ 5. All gifts of money to the Library shall be paid to the 
Treasurer, who shall disburse the same, subject to the ap- 
proval of the President, for the purpose, if any, specified 
by the donor, without special vote or appropriation ; and 
such gifts made without condition shall be used for 
buying books, which shall be marked with the donor's 
name. 

§ 6. A copy of every thesis, essay, oration, or other 
written matter which shall be delivered at Commencement, 
or upon which any prize or degree shall be awarded, shall 
be deposited in the Library in printed or written form suit- 
able for binding. 

CHAPTER Vn. 

THE CHAPEL. 



Loan of 
Books. 

Official 
Reports. 



Gifts. 



Theses and 
Essays. 



§ I. Attendance upon the Chapel services shall be 
voluntary, but all persons connected with the College, 
whether as officers or students, shall be invited to take part 
in such services. 

§ 2. It shall be the duty of the President to make suitable 
arrangements for the conduct of the Chapel services with 
such clergymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church as he 
may think proper. 



Attendance. 



Chaplains. 



CHAPTER VHL 



SCHOOL OF ARTS. 



§ I. The Faculty of Arts shall consist of the President Faculty, 
and the heads of the departments of Astronomy, Biology, 
Botany, Chemistry, English Language and Literature, Geol- 
ogy, German, Greek, History, Latin, Literature, Mathematics, 
Mechanics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Economy,Rhetoric, 
and Romance Languages, together with such other Profes- 
sors as shall give instruction to the Freshman, Sophomore, 
or Junior classes. 

§ 2. No student shall be admitted to the Freshman Class, Admission. 



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SCHOOL OF ARTS. 



Admission. 



Certificate 
of Character. 



Classes. 



Degree. 



Alumni 
Prize. 



McVickar 
Prizes. 



at its formation, unless he shall have attained the age of 
fifteen years ; nor to a more advanced standing without a 
corresponding increase of age ; but this rule may be dis- 
pensed with when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are 
sufficient reasons to justify its relaxation. 

§ 3. Every candidate for admission shall be required to 
present, before examination, a certificate of good moral 
character from his last teacher, or from some citizen in good 
standing ; and students from other colleges shall be required 
to bring certificates from such colleges of honorable dis- 
charge. 

§ 4. There shall be four classes of students, to be desig- 
nated respectively as the Freshman Class, the Sophomore 
Class, the Junior Class, and the Senior Class. The course of 
study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and the 
entire course four years. 

§ 5. Every student who shall have completed the entire 
course of four years, and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to re- 
ceive the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 

§ 6. A prize to be known as the *' Alumni Prize," of fifty 
dollars in money, or its equivalent at the option of the 
receiver, established by the Association of the Alumni of 
Columbia College, shall be awarded annually to the most 
faithful and deserving student of the graduating class, sub- 
ject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the Asso- 
ciation and the Faculty, so long as such Association shall 
continue to maintain the same. 

§ 7. Two prizes, founded through the Rev. John 
McVickar, D.D., by the Society for Promoting Religion 
and Learning, to be known respectively as the '' Society's 
Greek Seminary Prize," of thirty dollars, and the " Society's 
English Seminary Prize," of twenty dollars, shall be annually 
competed for among such members of the graduating class 
as shall have given in their names to the President, at least 
one month previous to such competition, as candidates for 
the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Epis- 
copal Church ; each student giving in his name as com- 
petitor to designate the prize for which he contends, and to 
be confined to the choice then made. The examination for 
each prize shall be held publicly in the Chapel, and separate 
from the general examination. The examination for the 
prize in Greek shall be on : 

a. The Epistles of the New Testament (in Greek) " ad 
aperturam libri." 



SCHOOL OF ARTS. 1/ 

b. On some one of the early Greek fathers, to be desig- Mcvickar 
nated at the time of noticing the prize, or, if none be desig- 
nated, then upon some portion of Chrysostom or Athana- 
sius, at the choice of the student. The decision shall be 
with the President and the Professor of Greek. 

The examination for the prize in English shall consist in 
the production of an essay (to be publicly read, or not, as 
the President may determine), of the ordinary length of a 
pulpit discourse, on some subject connected with the course 
of Evidences on which the class has been engaged ; such 
subject to be selected by the Professor of the Evidences, and 
given out by him at the time of notice ; and the prize to be 
adjudged, as before, by the President and the professor of 
that branch ; such decision to have respect to : 

a. The general ability and soundness of the essay ; 

b. Its logical and demonstrative form ; and 

c. The pure Saxon style and idiom in which it is written. 
The names of the successful candidates shall be enrolled 

in a suitable book, to be provided for that purpose, lettered 
appropriately, and kept in the Library ; shall be announced 
with other honors on Commencement Day, and also recorded 
honorably in the Society's books. 

§ 8. A prize to be known as the ** Chanler Historical chanier 
Prize," of the value of fifty dollars, shall be awarded annu- 
ally to the member of the Senior Class who shall be the 
author of the best original manuscript essay in English prose 
on the History of Civil Government in America, or some 
other historical subject to be determined by the Faculty. 
The subject for the prize shall be announced on or before 
November first, and the essays shall be submitted to the 
President on or before May first in each year. 
/^ § 9. There shall be awarded annually fourteen prize Prize schoi- 
/ scholarships of the value of one hundred dollars each to ^"^'p^- 
/ students in the School of Arts, subject to such regulations 
/ as may be prescribed by the Faculty, as follows : 
I a. Four of such scholarships shall be open for competition 

I to members of the Freshman Class : one in Latin, one in 
1 Greek, one in Mathematics, and one in Rhetoric, respec- 
/\ tively. 
\ b. Five of such scholarships shall be open for competition 

\ to members of the Sophomore Class : one in Latin, one in 
\ Greek, one in Mathematics, one in History, and one in 
VChemistry, respectively. 
I c. Five of such scholarships shall be open for competition 
\to members of the Junior Class: one in Latin, one in 

Revised Statutes, Amendment to Chapter VIII., Page 17. ^ 

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Resolved, That Section 9 of Chapter VIII. of the Revised p| 
Statutes be repealed, such repeal to take effect on the first "^^ 
day of July, 1893. 



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SCHOOL OF LA W. 



Prize Schol- 
arships. 




Greek, one in English Literature, one in Mechanics, and one 
in Physics, respectively. 

d. Such scholarships shall be paid in two equal install- 
ments, on the 15th of May and November in each year, 
and shall not be subdivided as between competitors. 

CHAPTER IX. 



Faculty. 



Lectures. 



Admission. 



Entrance 
Examination. 



Advanced 
Standing. 



SCHOOL OF LAW. 

§ I. The Faculty of Law shall consist of the President 
and the Professors of Law. 

§ 2. The Faculty shall have power to arrange with suit- 
able persons for the delivery of lectures on special topics, 
provided the expense so incurred shall not exceed the ap- 
propriation therefor ; but the Faculty shall from time to 
time report to the Trustees the names of all such lecturers 
and a list of the topics. 

§ 3. No student shall be admitted to the first year of the 
curriculum unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen 
years ; nor to a more advanced standing without a corre- 
sponding increase of age ; but this rule may be dispensed 
with when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are sufficient 
reasons to justify its relaxation. 

§ 4. Graduates of colleges and scientific schools in good 
standing, and all persons who have received the Regents* 
academic diploma shall be admitted without examination. 
All other candidates for a degree must comply with such 
requirements as may be prescribed by the Faculty. 

I 5. No candidate for a degree shall be admitted to ad- 
vanced standing until he shall have passed a satisfactory 
examination upon the studies pursued by the class to which 
he seeks admission, and no candidate shall receive a degree 



CI 



%l 



Certi 



SCHOOL OF LA IV. 



19 



course of study shall be entitled to a certificate, stating 
the duration of his attendance and the degree of his 
attainment. 

§ 9. Three prizes of two hundred and fifty dollars, one 
hundred and fifty dollars, and one hundred dollars, respec- 
tively, shall be awarded to members of the graduating class, 
at the close of each academic year, for the best essays upon 
one or more legal topics. The competition for such prizes 
shall be open only to students who have pursued the full 
course of study required by the rules of the School for the 
degree of Bachelor of Laws, and who shall be certified by 
the Faculty to have been diligent in attendance and to have 
maintained a high degree of scholarship throughout. All 
essays must be sent to the Dean, signed with fictitious 
names, and shall be by him transmitted to a Committee on 
Prizes consisting of three members of the legal profession, 
selected by the Faculty. The Committee on Prizes shall 
pass on the relative merit of the several essays ; and their 
report shall be read, and the names of the successful com- 
petitors announced at Commencement. The subjects of 
the essays shall be selected by the Faculty, who shall also 
have power to make from time to time such regulations in 
regard to the time and manner of preparing and submitting 
the same as shall, in their judgment, best secure entire fair- 
ness in the competition and make it a satisfactory test of the 
relative capacity and proficiency of the competitors. 

§ 10. A prize to be known as the " Robert N. Toppan 
Prize," of one hundred and fifty dollars, shall be awarded 
annually to the member of the graduating class who shall 
pass the best written examination upon a paper prepared 
by the Professor in charge of the Department of Constitu- 
tional Law, so long as the said Robert N. Toppan shall con- 
tinue to maintain the same. 

§ II. A Prize Lectureship may be awarded annually at 
the close of each academic year to that member of the 
graduating class who, having pursued the full course of 
study, shall be designated by the Faculty as entitled thereto 
on the ground of general merit and proficiency during the 
entire course, taking into account the final examination. 
There shall be three such Prize Lectureships, and the persons 
appointed thereto shall severally hold the same for a period 
of three years, and shall severally be entitled to receive the 
sum of five hundred dollars per annum during their incum- 
bency, payable on the usual quarter days, on the certificate 
of the Dean. The duties of such Lecturers shall be pre- 



Certificatc. 



Prizes. 



Toppan 
Prize. 



Prize Lec- 
tureships. 




Greek, one in English Literature, one in Mechanics, and one 
in Physics, respectively. 

d. Such scholarships shall be paid in two equal install- 
ments, on the 15th of May and November in each year, 
and shall not be subdivided as between competitors. 

CHAPTER IX. 

SCHOOL OF LAW. 

§ I. The Faculty of Law shall consist of the President 
and the Professors of Law. 

§ 2. The Faculty shall have power to arrange with suit- 
able persons for the delivery of lectures on special topics, 
provided the expense so incurred shall not exceed the ap- 
propriation therefor ; but the Faculty shall from time to 
time report to the Trustees the names of all such lecturers 
and a list of the topics. 

§ 3. No student shall be admitted to the first year of the 
curriculum unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen 
years ; nor to a more advanced standing without a corre- 
sponding increase of age ; but this rule may be dispensed 
with when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are sufficient 
reasons to justify its relaxation. 

§ 4. Graduates of colleges and scientific schools in good 
standing, and all persons who have received the Regents' 
academic diploma shall be admitted without examination. 
All other candidates for a degree must comply with such 
requirements as may be prescribed by the Faculty. 
Advanced § 5- No Candidate for a degree shall be admitted to ad- 
standing, vanced standing until he shall have passed a satisfactory 
examination upon the studies pursued by the class to which 
he seeks admission, and no candidate shall receive a degree 
unless he shall have passed the third year in this School. 

6. There shall be three classes of students. The course 
I of study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and 
>the entire course three years. 

7. Every student who shall have completed the entire 
course of three years, and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to receive 

.Ay. , the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Should the student not 
^HX' [ have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time of 
graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred 
^until he shall have attained that age. 

§ 8. A student who shall not have pursued the full 



Revised Statutes, Amendment to Ch. IX., Page 



§ 6. Candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws shall 
be divided into three classes. The course of study of each 
of these classes shall occupy a year, and the entire course 
three years. Every student who shall have completed the 
entire course of three years, and shall have passed satisfac- 
torily all the examinations required of him, shall be qualified 
to receive the degree of Bachelbr of Laws. Should the 
student not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the 
time of graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be 
deterred until he shall have attained that age. 

§ 7. The degree of Master of Laws may be conferred 
upon persons who have received the degree of Bachelor of 
Laws after having pursued the study of law for three years 
in some college or law school offering a course of study of 
three years leading to the degree of JBachelor of Laws, and 
who shall have pursued, for at least one year thereafter, as a 
member of the School of Law, a course of study approved 
by the Faculty, and shall have passed satisfactory examina- 
tions therein. The Faculty of Law may, however, in its 
discretion, require any applicant for the degree of Master of 
Laws to pass satisfactory examinations in the work offered 
by the School of Law of Columbia College for the degree of 
Bachelor of Laws as a condition of entering upon the course 
of study for the degree of Master of Laws. 



20 



COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 



Frize Lec- 
tureships. 



scribed by the Faculty. Vacancies occurring in any of such 
Lectureships from any cause may be filled for the residue 
of the unexpired term in the manner hereinbefore prescribed 
for appointments from among the members of the last pre- 
ceding graduating class who have pursued the full course 
of study in the School. Such Lecturers shall be liable 
to removal by the Trustees upon the recommendation of the 
Faculty, and such removal shall work a forfeiture of the 
right thereafter to receive any part of the compensation 
herein provided. 



CHAPTER X. 



COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 



/Vjjreement 
of Union. 



The following Statutes are enacted in accordance with the 
terms of the agreement forming the basis of union between 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons and Columbia College 
in the City of New York : 



Faculty. 



Appoint- 
ments. 



Special 
Students. 



A.lmission to 
iSccond Year. 



A Imission to 
Third Year. 



§ I. The Faculty of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons shall consist of the President and of the occupants 
of the eight chairs of Anatomy, Physiology, Chemistry, 
Pathology, Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Practice of 
Medicine, Surgery, and Obstetrics. 

§ 2. All officers of instruction shall be appointed by the 
Trustees after nomination by the said Faculty. 

g 3. Matriculates who shall have declared themselves in 
writing not to be candidates for the degree of Doctor of 
Medicine in this College may be admitted as special students 
upon such conditions, other than those relating to fees, as 
the Faculty shall prescribe. No special student shall revoke 
the said declaration and become a candidate for the said 
degree, unless, subsequently to the said revocation, he 
shall have fulfilled all the requirements for graduation in 
Medicine. 

§ 4. No matriculate shall be admitted to the second year 
of the medical curriculum who shall not have pursued satis- 
factorily such a course at some other Medical School as shall 
have been recognized by the Faculty as an equivalent for the 
first year of the medical curriculum at this College. No 
course at another Medical School shall be so recognized 
which shall have begun during the same calendar year as the 
session to which admission is sought. 
^^-Jr— N-e matriculate 3hall be aditu tted to th^i ^ iird yea r 



COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 21 

ff'^t^ /o[ the medical curriculum who shall not have received from Admission to 

i^some institution, approved by the Faculty, either the degree 
^i/U/ j of Doctor of Medicine or such other qualification, conferred 
J 'I \ in a foreign country, as the Faculty shall have recognized as 
/y ^ \a substantial equivalent to the said degree. / 

(J^ g iSv. There shall be ^imm^ classes of students. The course classes. «^/;^>^ 
of study of each of these classes shall occupy a year, and 



the entire course ^^r^m years. /i)tt U^ 

^ §y. Every candidate shall be entitled to be recommended Degree. ^^ 
for the degree of Doctor of Medicine who, being of good l^7i^/'fj] 

moral character, shall have — 

a. Filed duly a medical student's certificate of the 
Regents of the University of the State of New York, 
showing him to have complied with Chapter 468 of the 
Laws of 1889, entitled ''An Act to provide for the prelim- 
inary education of medical students," and the laws amend- 
atory thereof ; 

b. Completed the required curriculum ; 

c. Passed satisfactorily all the examinations required of 
him. 

Should a candidate for the degree of Doctor of Medicine 
not have attained the age of twenty-one years at the time 
of graduating, the delivery of the diploma shall be deferred 
until he shall have attained that age. 

7§/S'. Nothing contained in these statutes shall be con- Exemption, 
strued to prevent any person who was examined in May, 
1888, for admission to the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons in the city of New York, or who matriculated at the 
said College at any time prior to July i, 1888, from receiv- 
ing the Degree of Doctor of Medicine from Columbia Col- 
lege, upon the terms published in the catalogue for 1887 of 
the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New 
York ; with the omission of the presentation of a thesis. 
But every such person must present satisfactory evidence 
that he began the study of medicine prior to June 13, 1889. 
cv^ g r). Three prizes, to be known as the " Harsen Prizes for Harsen 
Clinical Reports," of the value of one hundred and fifty 
dollars, seventy-five dollars, and twenty-five dollars, respec- 
tively, together with Harsen prize medals and diplomas, 
shall be awarded annually for the three best reports in writ- 
ing, by students in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
of the clinical instruction given at the New York Hospital 
during any four consecutive months of the year ending on 
Commencement Day, subject to such regulations as may be 
prescribed by the Faculty. 



22 COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. 

^Tizis 7 § ^ '^^" prizes, to be known as the '' Harsen Prizes for 
/Proficiency at Examination": three, of the value of five 
hundred dollars, three hundred dollars, and two hundred 
dollars, respectively ; and seven, of the value of twenty-five 
dollars each ; together with Harsen prize medals and diplo- 
mas, shall be awarded annually to the ten members of each 
graduating class in the College of Physicians and Surgeons 
who at their examination for the degree of Doctor of Medi- 
cine shall show the highest proficiency in all the branches 
combined ; the three most meritorious receiving the first, 
second, and third prizes, respectively; subject to such regula- 
tions as may be prescribed by a committee consisting of the 
President of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, the 
President of the Alumni Association of the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, and a resident alumnus selected 
by them, and such committee shall have power to determine 
the relative merits of the competitors and to make the 
awards. 
/^ Alumni § J^. A prize, to be known as the *' Alumni Association 

/(/ P"". pj.J2e/* of five hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially 
to the graduate of the College who shall submit the best 
medical essay on any subject, provided such essay shall be 
deemed sufificiently meritorious, and shall be open to com- 
petition in alternate years with the '' Cartwright Prize," 
subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by the 
Alumni Association, so long as the same shall be maintained 
by such Association. 

//Cartwright § >^ A prizc, to be known as the "Cartwright Prize," 
// Prize. q£ ^^g hundred dollars, shall be awarded biennially to the 

person (not necessarily a graduate of the College) who shall 
submit the best medical essay on any subject, provided such 
essay shall be deemed sufiiciently meritorious, and shall be 
open to competition in alternate years with the ** Alumni 
Association Prize," subject to such regulations as may be 
prescribed by the Alumni Association. 
Stevens § J^. A prize, to be known as the '* Stevens Triennial 
/ 7^ "^^' Prize," of two hundred dollars, shall be awarded triennially 
to the person (not necessarily a graduate of the College) 
who shall submit the best medical essay on any subject, 
including the results of original research by the writer upon 
the subject chosen ; subject to such regulations as may be 
prescribed by a committee consisting of the President of the 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, the President of the 
Alumni Association, and the Professor of Physiology, and 
such committee shall have power to determine the relative 



SCHOOL OF MINES. 



23 



/i 



merits of the essays submitted, and to award or withhold 
the prize. 

§Xr A prize, to be known as the " Joseph Mather Smith 
Prize," of one hundred dollars, shall be awarded annually to 
the graduate of the College who shall submit the best essay, 
if sufficiently meritorious, on a subject designated by a 
committee consisting of the President of the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, the President of the Alumni 
Association, and the Professor of Pathology and Practical 
Medicine, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed 
by such committee, who shall have power to determine the 
relative merits of the essays submitted, and to award or 
withhold the prize. 
/// § \^. A scholarship, to be known as the '' Alonzo Clark 
Scholarship," of nine hundred dollars, or so much thereof as 
the income of the fund set apart therefor shall suffice to pay, 
shall be awarded annually to such person as the Faculty 
may appoint, who shall devote himself to study under their 
guidance, with the special purpose of discovering new facts 
in medical science. 



Stevens 
Prize. 



Smith Prize. 



Clark Schol- 
arship. 



CHAPTER XL 



SCHOOL OF MINES. 



§ I. The Faculty of the School of Mines shall consist Faculty, 
of the President, and the Professors in the departments 
of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering (including 
Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, and Sanitary), Geology, Min- 
eralogy, Mining, Metallurgy, and Architecture, and any other 
professors who may be specifically assigned to this Faculty 
by the Trustees. 

The Faculty shall have charge of the School of Mines, 
and in addition thereto, each department repreiented in it 
may, with the approval of the Faculty, offer such university 
courses as in its judgment will develop most advantageously 
the study of its specialty. 

§ 2. No officer of the School of Mines shall use the use of Title, 
official title of the School or College, or refer to his pro- 
fessional connection therewith, in any opinion or certificate 
which he may give as to the merits or claim, either relative 
or positive, of any association or company engaged in manu- 
facturing, mining, or other practical business, or to any 
scientific or practical invention, without the approval or 
assent of the Trustees. 



24 



SCHOOL OF MINES. 



Admission. 



Classes. 



Course of 
Study. 



Sanitary 
Engineering. 

Degrees. 



Degree. 



Summer 
Schools. 



Loan of 

Specimens. 



§ 3. No student shall be admitted to the first class, at its 
formation, unless he shall have attained the age of eighteen 
years ; nor to a more advanced standing without a corre- 
sponding increase of age ; but this rule may be dispensed 
with when, in the opinion of the Dean, there are sufficient 
reasons to justify its relaxation. 

§ 4. There shall be four classes of students, to be desig- 
nated respectively as the First, Second, Third, and Fourth 
Class. The course of study of each of these classes shall 
occupy a year, and the entire course four years. 

§ 5. The subjects of study shall be so grouped as to form 
seven independent courses of instruction : a course in Mining 
Engineering, a course in Civil Engineering, a course in Elec- 
trical Engineering, a course in Metallurgy, a course in Geology 
and Paleontology, a course in Analytical and Applied Chem- 
istry, and a course in Architecture. At the beginning of the 
first year, each student shall elect which of the seven courses 
above mentioned he intends to pursue, and, after having 
made his election, he shall not be permitted to abandon the 
course chosen in order to take up another without the con- 
sent of the President and the Dean. 

§ 8. There shall be a graduate course in Sanitary En- 
gineering occupying two years. 

§ 9. Every student who shall have completed the entire 
course of four years, and shall have passed satisfactorily all 
the examinations required of him, shall be qualified to 
receive the degree of Engineer of Mines, Civil Engineer, 
Electrical Engineer, Metallurgical Engineer, or Bachelor of 
Science. 

§ 10. Every student who shall have completed the gradu- 
ate course of two years in Sanitary Engineering, and shall 
have passed satisfactorily all the examinations required of 
him, shall be qualified to receive the degree of Sanitary 
Engineer. 

§ II. There shall be the following summer schools: a 
Summer School in Surveying, a Summer School in Practical 
Geodesy, a Summer School in Practical Mining, a Summer 
School in Mechanical Engineering, and a Summer School in 
Geology, all of which shall be under the direction of the 
Faculty, who shall designate an officer of the School of 
Mines to take charge of each of such schools, shall prescribe 
the requirements for attendance, and shall make such regu- 
lations therefor as they may deem proper. 

§ 12. Specimens from the geological, zoological, botanical, 
mineralogical, metallurgical, chemical, architectural, and 



SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



25 



other collections, shall not be loaned, except by special J^oan of 

• • r ^1 -r i. 1 ^ X Specimens. 

permission of the Trustees. 

CHAPTER XII. 

SCHOOL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. 



§ I. The Faculty of Political Science shall consist of the 
President and the professors engaged in the course of 
instruction. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree must have successfully pur- 
sued a course of study in the School of Arts of this College, 
or in some other institution maintaining an equivalent 
course of study, to the close of the Junior year, or must pass 
a satisfactory examination upon the studies of the first three 
years of the School of Arts. 

§ 3. The course of study shall be designed to prepare 
young men for the duties of public life, and shall embrace 
the history of the literature of the political sciences ; the 
general constitutional history of Europe ; the special con- 
stitutional history of England and the United States ; the 
Roman law and the jurisprudence of existing codes derived 
therefrom ; the comparative constitutional law of European 
states and of the United States ; the comparative constitu- 
tional law of the different States of the American Union ; 
the history of diplomacy ; international law ; systems of 
administration, state and national, of the United States ; 
comparison of American and European systems of admin- 
istration ; political economy and statistics. 

§ 4. Students of the School who shall satisfactorily com- 
plete the studies of one year shall be qualified, on the 
examination and recommendation of the Faculty, with 
the concurrence of the Faculty of Arts, to receive the degree 
of Bachelor of Arts. 

g 5. A prize, to be known as the " Edwin Seligman Prize 
in Political Science," of one hundred and fifty dollars, shall 
be awarded annually to the student in the School of Political 
Science who shall produce the best original essay of the year 
upon some topic in political economy, subject to such regu- 
lations as may be prescribed by a committee appointed by 
the Faculty of the School, so long as Professor Seligman 
shall continue to maintain the same. 

§ 6. There shall be three Prize Lectureships in the School 
of Political Science to be governed by the following rules : 

a. At the close of each academic year a Prize Lectureship 



Faculty. 



Candidates 
fora Degree. 



Course 
Study. 



of 



Degree. 



Seligman 
Prize. 



Prize Lec- 
tureships. 



26 



SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 



Prize Lee- shall bc awarded to that member of the Academy attached 
ures. jps. ^^ ^j^^ School of Political Science who (being a graduate of 
such School or a graduate of the School of Law of this Col- 
lege, who has taken a two years' course in the School of 
Political Science) shall, during the scholastic year then end- 
ing, have commended himself to the Faculty as being the 
most deserving of such distinction ; and in making their de- 
cision, the Faculty shall take into account a thesis or original 
work on some subject connected with history or political 
science, but such thesis need not be the sole ground of 
selection. 

b. The persons appointed to such Lectureships shall sev- 
erally hold the same for the period of three years and may 
be re-appointed at the expiration of such period. They shall 
severally be entitled to receive the sum of five hundred 
dollars per annum during their incumbency, payable at the 
expiration of the year, upon the certificate of the Dean 
showing that they have performed satisfactorily the duty 
prescribed by the following rule : 

c. It shall be the duty of the incumbent of each of the 
said Lectureships to deliver an original course of twenty 
lectures in each academic year in the School, upon some 
subject or subjects to be designated by the Faculty. Such 
lectures shall be delivered at such times and under such 
regulations as shall be prescribed by the Faculty. 

d. Vacancies occurring in any of said Lectureships by 
death, resignation, or otherwise, may be filled for the resi- 
due of the unexpired term in the manner prescribed in rule 
a. The incumbents of said Lectureships shall be liable to 
removal by the Trustees on the recommendation of the 
Faculty ; and such removal shall work a forfeiture of the 
right thereafter to receive the compensation provided in rule 
b or any part thereof. 

CHAPTER XIIL 



SCHOOL OF PHILOSOPHY. 



Faculty. 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



§ I. The Faculty of Philosophy shall consist of the Presi- 
dent and the professors engaged in the course of instruction. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree must have successfully pur- 
sued a course of study in the School of Arts of this College, 
or in some other institution maintaining an equivalent course 
of study, to the close of the Junior year, or must pass a satis- 



SCHOOL OF PURE SCIENCE. 



27 



factory examination upon the studies of the first three years 
of the School of Arts. 

§ 3. The course of study shall embrace instruction in 
Logic; Psychology; Ethics; History of Philosophy ; Peda- 
gogics ; the Greek Language and Literature, including 
Epigraphy and Archaeology ; the Latin Language and 
Literature, including Epigraphy and Archaeology ; the 
English Language and Literature, including Anglo-Saxon 
and Gothic; the Germanic Languages and Literatures ; the 
Romance Languages and Literatures ; Sanskrit and Zend ; 
and the Semitic Languages. 

§ 4. Students who shall satisfactorily complete the studies 
of one year shall be qualified, on examination and the rec- 
ommendation of the Faculty, with the concurrence of the 
Faculty of Arts, to receive the degree of Bachelor of Arts. 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



Course of 
Study. 



Degree, 



CHAPTER XIV. 



SCHOOL OF PURE SCIENCE. 



§ I. The Faculty of Pure Science shall consist of the 
President and of the professors in the departments of 
Biology, Botany, and Astronomy, and of such other pro- 
fessors as may be specifically assigned to this Faculty by 
the Trustees. 

The departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, 
Geology, and Mineralogy shall be represented in this 
Faculty by the head of each department, who shall have 
all the privileges of other members of the Faculty except 
the right to vote for delegates to the University Council. 

§ 2. Candidates for a degree in this School must have 
successfully pursued a course of study in the School of Arts 
of this College, or in some other institution maintaining an 
equivalent course of study, to the close of the Junior year, 
or must pass a satisfactory examination upon the studies of 
the first three years of the School of Arts. 

§ 3. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to give university 
instruction in the several subjects represented by the depart- 
ments embraced in it; and in addition, to give in the School 
of Mines whatever instruction may be needed in such subjects. 

§ 4. Students of the School who shall satisfactorily com- 
plete the studies of one year shall be qualified, on examina- 
tion and the recommendation of the Faculty, with the 
concurrence of the Faculty of Arts, to receive the degree of 
Bachelor of Arts. 



Faculty. 



Candidates 
for a Degree. 



University 
Instruction. 



Degree. 



28 



FEES. 



CHAPTER XV. 



STUDENTS. 



Matriculation 



Registration. 



Discharge. 



Attendance. 



Special 
Students. 



Students in 
other Insti- 
tutions. 



§ I. Every student will be required, as a condition of 
admission to any School, to write in the matriculation book, 
to be kept in the President's office or wherever the Presi- 
dent may direct, his own name and the name, place of 
abode, and post-office address of his father or guardian, to- 
gether with a statement of the School or Schools in which 
he proposes to conduct his studies. 

§ 2. No student shall be required to matriculate more 
than once while a member of the University, but at the 
beginning of each academic year each student shall file 
with the President a statement containing the information 
required by the foregoing section. 

§ 3. An honorable discharge shall always be granted to 
any student in good standing, who may desire to withdraw 
from the College ; but no student, under the age of twenty- 
one years, shall be entitled to a discharge without the 
assent of his parent or guardian, furnished in writing to the 
President. 

g 4. Any matriculated student may attend any com- 
bination of courses permitted by the President, by and with 
the advice of the University Council. Such student shall 
pay the fee proper to the School in which he takes the 
greatest number of hours. 

§ 5. Special students may be admitted in all the Schools, 
except the School of Mines, under regulations prescribed by 
the several Faculties. 

§ 6. Students in other institutions designated for the 
purpose by the Trustees may, upon the nomination of the 
heads of such institutions respectively and with the approval 
of the President, attend lectures in any of the Schools with- 
out the payment of fees. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



FEES. 



Matricula- 
tion Fees. 



Tuition Fees. 



§ I. The following fees are established : 

For Matriculation 

For Tuition : 

For candidates for a degree, 
In the School of Arts 



$5 00 



per annum 150 



FEES. 



29 





Tuition Fees 


per annum 


$150 


do 


200 


do 


200 


do 


150 


do 


150 


do 


200 



For candidates for a degree, 
In the School of Law 
In the College of Physicians and 

Surgeons .... 
In the School of Mines . 
In the School of Political Science 
In the School of Philosophy . 
In the School of Pure Science 
For candidates for the degree of Mas- 
ter of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy do 
For students pursuing partial courses, 

at the rate of $15 per annum for each hour of 
attendance per week on lectures or recitations, 

with a maximum fee of 

For auditors, 

at the rate of $20 per annum for each hour of 
attendance per week on lectures or recitations, 

with a maximum fee of 

For Examinatiojis : 

For examinations at unusual times .... 
For the Bachelor's degree (not professional or technical) 
For any professional or technical degree . 
For the degree of Master of Arts .... 
For the degree of Doctor of Philosophy . 
Special Fees : 

In the College of Physicians and Surgeons, 
For students who are not candidates for a degree : 
At the rate for each course of didactic lectures 
in Anatomy ; Physiology ; Physics and Chemis- 
try ; Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Hygiene ; 
Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women ; Sur- 
gery ; Pathology and Practical Medicine, includ- 
ing the diseases of the Mind and Nervous System, 

Dissection 

Dissecting material, per " part " . . . . 
Practical Chemistry, including chemicals and break- 
age, per course 

Laboratory course in Normal Histology, including 

materials 

Laboratory course in Pathology and Pathological 

History, including materials .... 

Laboratory fee for special instruction in Pathology 

or Histology or Bacteriology, per month . 
Operative surgery on the cadaver, including ma- 
terial, per course 



50 



50 



200 

5 
15 

25 
25 
35 



20 
10 

I 

25 
25 
25 
25 
20 



Examination 
Fees. 



Special Fees 
(Medicine). 



30 



FEES. 



Special Fees 
(Medicine). 



For Other special courses the fees must be spe- 
cially arranged for with the instructors. 

The clinical lectures at the Vanderbilt Clinic are 
free to matriculates who do not take the regular 
curriculum. 

The public clinical lectures, and demonstrations 
of Pathological Anatomy, which are given at the 
hospitals by officers of the College, are free to all 
matriculates. 



Special Fees 
(Mines). 



Payment of 
Fees. 



Payment of 
Fees. 



Prepayment 
of Dues. 



Free and Re- 
duced Tui- 
tion. 



Fellows. 



Free Stu- 
dents. 



In the School of Mines, 

For graduate students : 

For the use of the cabinets only .... $25 
For the use of the drawing academy only . . 25 
For the use of the laboratories or either of them . 50 
For candidates for admission to advanced stand- 
ing who attend the Summer School in Surveying. 35 

§ 2. The matriculation fee shall be paid before the 
entrance examination. Examination fees shall be paid in 
all cases before examination. 

§ 3. Annual tuition fees maybe paid in equal installments 
at the beginning of each session of the academic year, 
except that in the case of students in the College of Physi- 
cians and Surgeons such fees shall be paid in full at the 
beginning of the academic year, and except that whenever 
the total amount of a student's tuition fees shall not exceed 
one hundred dollars the full amount shall be paid at the 
beginning of the academic year or at entrance. 

§ 4. No candidate for a degree in any School shall be 
entitled to receive the same until he shall have discharged 
all his dues to the College. 

§ 5. Free or reduced tuition may be granted by any 
Faculty, except the Faculty of Medicine, in special cases 
on the ground of character, ability, and need combined, but 
no reduced fee shall be less than fifty per cent, of the 
statutory charge, and the total number of students receiving 
free or reduced tuition under any Faculty shall not exceed 
ten per cent, of the total number of students registered 
with such Faculty. No free or reduced tuition shall be 
granted to any student during the first year of his connec- 
tion with the College, except in the case of students ma- 
triculating for the first time in the year 1892. 

§ 6. Fellows shall be exempt from the payment of all fees. 

§ 7. Free students and students granted a reduction of 
tuition fees shall not be exempt from the payment of fees 



FELLO W SHI PS. 



31 



for matriculation, for extra examination, and for examination Free stu- 

- , ' ' dents. 

for a dec-ree. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



FELLOWSHIPS. 



§ I. From and after July first, 1892, there shall be eighteen 
Fellowships ; and from and after July first, 1893, twenty-four 
Fellowships to be known as " University Fellowships," each 
of the value of five hundred dollars a year. Such Fellow- 
ships shall be awarded by the Council, to those applicants 
who give evidence of special fitness to pursue courses of 
higher study and original investigation, the competition to 
be open to graduates of all colleges and scientific schools. 
Vacancies occurring in any of such Fellowships shall be 
filled in the same manner in which original appointments 
are made. 

§ 2. Fellows appointed under the foregoing section shall 
hold office for one year, and may be reappointed for two 
terms of one year each and no more. 

§ 3. There shall be a Fellowship to be known as the 
" John Tyndall Fellowship for the Encouragement of Re- 
search in Physics," which shall be held by some suitable 
person, who shall be either a graduate of or a student in the 
College, but not necessarily a candidate for a degree. Such 
Fellow shall be appointed by the Council upon the recom- 
mendation of the head of the Department of Physics. Such 
appointment shall always be for the term of one year only, 
but the Fellow, for the time being, shall be eligible for ap- 
pointment from year to year upon like recommendation. 
The Fellow so appointed shall be entitled to receive during 
his term of office the net income of the capital sum consti- 
tuting the endowment, to be paid in four quarterly install- 
ments on the usual quarter days, upon the certificate of the 
President ; and the Trustees guarantee that such net income 
will amount to at least six hundred and forty-eight dollars 
a year, being six per cent, upon ten thousand eight hundred 
dollars, the fund presented to the College by Professor 
Tyndall. 

§ 4. There shall be a Fellowship to be known as the 
" Barnard Fellowship for Encouraging Scientific Research," 
which shall be held by a graduate of the School of Arts or 
School of Mines who has evinced decided aptness for physi- 
cal investigation and who may be disposed to devote him- 



University 
Fellowships. 



Term of 
Office. 



Tyndall 
Fellowship. 



Barnard 
Fellowship. 



32 



FELLO W SHIPS. 



Barnard 
Fellowship. 



Duties of 

Tyndall and 

Barnard 

Fellows. 



Seligman 
Fello\wships. 



Columbia 
Fellowship. 



self to such investigation for some years continuously. 
Such Fellow shall be appointed by the Council upon the 
joint recommendation of the Faculties of the Schools of 
Arts and Mines. Such appointment shall be for the term of 
one year only, but the Fellow, for the time being, shall be 
eligible to reappointment from year to year upon like joint 
recommendation. The Fellow so appointed shall be entitled 
to receive during his term of office the net income of the 
capital sum constituting the endowment, to be paid to him 
in four equal quarterly installments on the usual quarter 
days, upon the certificate of the President. 

§ 5. It shall be the duty of a Fellow appointed under sec- 
tion three or four to devote himself faithfully to the investi- 
gation of some subject in physical science at this College, or 
at some other in this country or abroad, under the super- 
vision of some known physicist approved by the President 
and the head of the Department of Physics. He shall 
make a report quarterly to the President, giving an account 
of the work in which he has been engaged during the three 
months preceding ; which report shall be certified by the 
physicist superintending and directing him. In case of 
failure faithfully to fulfill the obligations imposed upon 
him, such Fellow shall forfeit all privileges and emoluments 
conferred upon him by his appointment to the Fellowship, 
and the Council may at any time declare the Fellowship to 
be vacant. 

§ 6. There shall be four Fellowships to be known as the 
" Seligman Fellowships," each of the value of two hundred 
and fifty dollars a year. Such Fellows shall be appointed 
by the Council upon the recommendation of the Faculty of 
Political Science. One or more additional Fellows may be 
appointed upon the same conditions, where there is a 
sufficient unexpended balance of the fund, provided by Mr. 
Jesse Seligman for the endowment of such Fellowships, to 
provide for such additional appointments. The sum due 
each of such Fellows shall be paid upon the certificate of 
the President that he has received in printed form and 
accepted a thesis for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. 

§ 7. There shall be a Fellowship to be known as the 
'* Columbia Fellowship in Architecture," which shall be open 
to all graduates of the Department of Architecture less than 
thirty years of age, and shall be awarded under such rules 
and regulations as shall from time to time be determined by 
the President and the Professor of Architecture. Holders 
of such Fellowship shall devote the income thereof to foreign 
study and travel in accordance with plans prepared by them- 



SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 33 

selves and approved by the President and such Professor, Columbia 
and shall upon return present a written report and exhibit ""^^ '^' 
drawings in the Department of Architecture. Said Fellow- 
ship shall be awarded in the spring of every even- 
numbered year, and payments thereof shall be made by the 
Treasurer on the certificate of the Professor of Architecture, 
endorsed by the President, in four equal installments of 
three hundred and twenty-five dollars each on the usual 
quarter days. 

§ 8. There shall be two Fellowships to be known as the McKim 
•' McKim Fellowships in Architecture," which shall be F«"°-«hips. 
awarded upon like conditions and for like purposes as are 
specified in the foregoing section, but such Fellowships shall 
be awarded in the spring of every uneven-numbered year, 
and payments thereof shall be made by the Treasurer, on 
the certificate of the Professor of Architecture, endorsed by 
the President, in four equal installments of two hundred 
and fifty dollars each on the usual quarter days. 

§ 9. There shall be three Fellowships in the College of Aiumni 
Physicians and Surgeons, to be known as the *' Fellowships ^ °^^ '*'^' 
of the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and 
Surgeons," the candidates for such Fellowships to be desig- 
nated and appointed by the Association on such conditions 
as may be approved by them. Each Fellowship shall be of 
the value of five hundred dollars a year for two years, to be 
paid quarterly by the Association to the Treasurer of 
Columbia College and by said Treasurer to each Fellow, so 
long as such Association shall continue to maintain the same. 

§ 10. No Fellow shall be allowed to accept remunerative Remunera- 
employment except by permission of the President, and the Em^pioyment 
acceptance of any such employment, without such permis- 
sion, shall operate to vacate the Fellowship. 

§ II. All Fellows, except as hereinbefore provided, shall piace of 
be required to pursue their studies during the term of their ^^"'^y- 
Fellowship at the College, unless permission be granted them 
by the President to study elsewhere. 

§ 12. All Fellows shall be governed by such rules and Regulations, 
regulations, not inconsistent with the Statutes, as may be 
prescribed by the Council. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 

§ I. The Alumni Association of Columbia College shall Aiumni 
be entitled to have always, in the School of Arts, four scholarships, 
students to be instructed free of charge. 



34 



SCHOLARSHIPS AND PRIZES. 



Scholarships. 



Faculty 
Scholarships. 



Alumni Com- 
petitive 
Scholarship. 



Moffat 
Scholarships. 



Schermerhorn 
Scholarships. 



Theological 

Seminary 

Scholarship. 



Barnard 
Medal. 



§ 2. The Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in 
the State of New York shall be entitled to have always, in 
the School of Arts, two students in each class, to be 
instructed free of charge for tuition. 

§ 3. The members of the several Faculties shall be en- 
titled to have their sons educated in the School of Arts free 
of charge. 

§ 4. There shall be offered annually, as a prize to the stu- 
dent passing the best entrance examination in the School 
of Arts, a free scholarship for the course of four years. 
Such scholarship shall be known as the " Alumni Competi- 
tive Scholarship," and the Faculty shall have power to fix 
the conditions under which such scholarship shall be 
awarded. 

§ 5. The personal representatives of the late William B. 
Moffat, M.D., and their assigns shall be entitled to nomi- 
nate and have always two students in the School of Arts, 
to be instructed free of charge : and such scholarships shall 
be known as the *' Moffat Scholarships." 

§ 6. The nearest living male relative of the late John 
Jones Schermerhorn shall be entitled to nominate and have 
always five students in the School of Arts to be instructed 
free of charge ; and such scholarships shall be known as the 
** Schermerhorn Scholarships." 

§ 7. The scholarship in the General Theological Seminary 
of the Protestant Episcopal Church (heretofore placed at 
the disposal of the Trustees of Columbia College by the 
Society for Promoting Religion and Learning in the State 
of New York) shall be awarded upon the following condi- 
tions, to wit : 

a. All candidates shall comply with the requirements for 
admission of the General Theological Seminary, and as can- 
didates for the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 
and must have taken the degree of Bachelor of Arts and 
have been graduated with honors. 

b. All candidates shall report themselves to the Educa- 
tion Committee of such society at least three months 
previous to the examination to be held by the Faculty for 
the purpose of awarding such scholarship. 

§ 8. A gold medal, to be known as the '' Barnard 
Medal for Meritorious Service to Science," shall be awarded 
at Commencement at the close of every quinquennial pe- 
riod, dating from the 17th day of July, 1889, to such person, 
if any, whether a citizen of the United States or of any 
other country, as shall within the five years next preceding 



ACADEMIC COSTUME. 



35 



have made such discovery in physical or astronomical 
science, or such novel application of science to purposes 
beneficial to the human race, as in the judgment of the 
National Academy of Sciences of the United States shall 
be esteemed most worthy of such honor. 



Barnard 
Medal. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



ACADEMIC COSTUME. 



there being no 
universities. 2. 
3. Color. — The 
to be dif- 



color 



§ I. The following described academic costume is adopted 
as indicative of the several degrees and the Faculties con- 
ferring the same. 

Gowns. I. Pattern. — The form to be that commonly 
worn, with open sleeves. 2. Material. — Worsted stuff or 
silk. 3. Color. — Black. 4. Trimmings. — For the Baccalau- 
reate degree the gown to be untrimmed. For the Master's 
degree the gown to be faced down the front with black vel- 
vet, with bars of the same across the sleeves. For the 
Doctor's degree the facings and crossbars to be of purple 
velvet. 

Hoods. I. Pattern. — The usual pattern, 
material variety of form among different 
Material. — The same as that of the gown, 
exterior color to be black. The interior 
ferent, as distinctive of the Faculty conferring the degree, 
thus : Faculty of Arts, Letters, and Philosophy, white. 
Faculty of Law, pink. Faculty of Science, gold yellow. 
Faculty of Theology, blue. Faculty of Medicine, green. 
4. Trimmings. — Trimmings to be distinctive of grades. 
Baccalaureates without bindings or edgings. Masters with 
scarlet edgings two inches wide. Doctors with white fur 
edgings. Linings of silk or satin. 

Caps. The caps to be of the usual form now generally 
used, and commonly called the mortar-board cap. The 
color to be black. The ordinary cap to be ornamented 
with a long silk tassel attached to the middle point at top. 
This tassel in the Doctor's cap to be of gold thread. 

§ 2. Any person connected with the College who has 
been the recipient of academic honors from other universi- 
ties or colleges in good standing may assume the academic 
costume corresponding to such degree prescribed in the 
foregoing section, provided that such right shall cease if 
such person shall cease to be connected with the College. 



Costume. 



Gowns. 



Hoods. 



Caps. 



Degrees of 

other 
Colleges. 



36 



ACADEMIC CALENDAR. 



CHAPTER XX. 



ACADEMIC CALENDAR. 



Vacation. 



[ntermission. 



Intermission. 



Terms. 



Examina- 
tions. 



Commence- 
ment. 



Bacchalaure- 
ate Sermon. 



§ I. There shall be a vacation in all the Schools to be 
fixed annually in advance by the University Council, but 
such vacation shall not begin earlier than the second 
Wednesday in June, nor extend beyond the first Monday 
in October. 

§ 2. There shall be an intermission of the public lec- 
tures on Ash-Wednesday, on Good-Friday, on public 
holidays established by law, and on such days in each year 
as may be recommended by the civil authority to be ob- 
served as days of fast or thanksgiving ; and for two 
weeks, beginning on the fourth Monday in December, 
unless the fourth Monday shall fall later than the twenty- 
sixth day of the month, and in that case beginning with 
the third Monday. 

§ 3. The President may, in extraordinary cases, grant 
an intermission for other days, not exceeding three days 
at any one time ; and it shall be his duty to report the 
same at the next succeeding meeting of the Trustees, 
together with the object and the reason for granting such 
intermission. 

§ 4. The number of terms in each School, and their 
duration, shall be fixed annually, in advance, by the Uni- 
versity Council. 

§ 5. The dates for entrance and final examinations in the 
various Schools shall be fixed annually, in advance, by the 
University Council. Other examinations may be held at 
the pleasure of each Faculty. 

§ 6. There shall be an annual Commencement on a day 
to be fixed annually, in advance, by the University Coun- 
cil, when degrees shall be conferred. 

§ 7. Commencement Week shall begin on the Sunday 
preceding Commencement Day with religious services, in 
which the of^cers and students of the University shall be 
invited to participate. Such services shall consist of the 
reading of morning or evening prayer, as set forth in the 
Book of Common Prayer, and the delivery of a bacca- 
laureate sermon, the preacher thereof to be selected by the 
Trustees. The President shall have charge of the arrange- 
ments for such service. 



PUBLIC LECTURES AND MEETINGS. 



37 



CHAPTER XXI. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



§ I. All printing and advertising connected with the edu- 
cational administration of the College, unless otherwise 
directed by the Statutes or By-laws, or by resolution of the 
Trustees, shall be prepared, edited, and published under the 
direction of the President by an officer appointed by him, to 
be designated the Superintendent of Printing. 

§ 2. A handbook of information containing the names of 
the officers, the requirements of admission, the courses of 
instruction, the existing regulations, and such other in- 
formation concerning the College as the President may 
think expedient, shall be issued annually. 

§ 3. A bulletin containing official announcements concern- 
ing the College; a record of the literary and scientific work 
carried on by or under the direction of the University 
Council or the several Faculties ; announcements of meet- 
ings of literary or scientific associations to be held in the 
College buildings, and, so far as may be deemed proper, 
accounts of such meetings; and announcements of such 
other facts as may be of general interest, shall be issued 
whenever and as often as the President may deem de- 
sirable, provided that the expense of such publication shall 
not exceed the appropriation annually made therefor. 

§ 4. A summary of the annual reports of the President 
and Treasurer shall be annually printed and distributed 
under the direction of the President among the alumni and 
friends of the College. 

§ 5. All publications for the use of the Trustees shall be 
printed in octavo form, and, as far as possible, in uniform 
style. 

§ 6. The general catalogue of the Trustees, officers, alumni, 
and honorary graduates of the College shall be published in 
1894, and every sixth year thereafter. 



Printing. 
Superinten- 
dent. 



Handbook. 



University 
Bulletin, 



President's 
and Treas- 
urer's Re- 
ports. 



Form. 



General 
Catalogue. 



CHAPTER XXn. 



PUBLIC LECTURES AND MEETINGS. 



§ I. Public lectures shall from time to time be delivered 
at the College or elsewhere during the academic year by 
such officers of the College or others as the President may 



Public Lec- 
tures. 



38 



AMENDMENTS. 



Public Lec- 
tures. 



University 

Courses. 

Auditors. 



Public Meet- 
ings. 



think proper to invite, attendance upon which shall be 
either free or subject to a moderate charge as the Presi- 
dent may determine, provided that the expense incurred 
for such lectures shall not exceed the amount appropriated 
therefor. All fees collected or received from persons attend- 
ing such lectures shall be paid to the Treasurer, and form 
part of the general funds of the College. 

§ 2. All university courses under the Faculties of Politi- 
cal Science and Philosophy, subject to the consent of the 
Professor delivering the course, and under regulations to be 
determined by the President, may be opened to the public 
upon the payment of the statutory fee. Persons attending 
courses under the provisions of this section and not matricu- 
lating shall be designated as auditors. 

§ 3. The Association of the Alumni of Columbia College, 
the Alumni Association of the College of Physicians and Sur- 
geons, the School of Mines Alumni Association, the Academy 
of Political Science, and other organizations approved by 
the President, may hold occasional meetings in the College 
buildings in such room or rooms and at such times as the 
President may designate, provided such meetings shall not 
interfere with the hours of instruction or the educational 
uses of the buildings. 



CHAPTER XXIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 



Amendments. § I. Thcsc statutcs shall not bc amended, altered, or 
repealed, unless notice in writing of such proposed amend- 
ment, alteration, or repeal shall have been given at a pre- 
vious meeting of the Trustees. 



APPENDIX. 



RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED JUNE 6, 1892. 

Resolved, That the Statutes as revised be, and the same 
hereby are, adopted, to take effect on the first day of July, 
1892, and ^ . , . 

Resolved, That the existing Statutes, together with the 
resolutions hereinafter specified be, and the same hereby are 
severally repealed, such repeal to take effect on the first day 
of July, 1892, viz. : the resolutions adopted upon the follow- 
ing dates and relating to the following subjects respectively ; 

1827, Feb. 12, relating to preparatory schools. 

1842, Dec. 5, relating to the advancement of students. 
1843', May 20, relating to Seminary prizes. 

1843, J""^ 5' relating to Seminary scholarship. 

1852, Mch. I, relating to Seminary prizes. 

1853, Nov. I, relating to emeritus professors. 
1859, May 2, relating to prizes in the Law School. 
i860', Feb. 6, relating to prizes in the Law School. 
1863, Oct. 3, relating to Moffat Scholarships. 
1866, June 12, relating to registrars. 

1868, Apl. 6, relating to honorary assistants. 

1870, Feb. 7, relating to advertisements. 
Dec. S» relating to salaries. 

1871, Apl. 3, relating to prize scholarships in the School 
of Arts. 

1872, June 3, relating to the general catalogue. 

Dec. 2, relating to prize scholarships in the School of 
Arts. 
1875, Feb. 7, relating to salary of Gebhard professor. 
Feb. 7, relating to salaries of professors. 
May 3, relating to public meetings. 
Nov. I, relating to prize scholarships in the School of 

Arts. 
Dec. 6, relating to the Toppan Prize. 
1877, Apl. 2, relating to Schermerhorn Scholarships. 
Apl. 2, relating to prize Scholarships in the School of 
Arts. 

39 



40 APPENDIX. 

1878, Apl. I, relating to examiners. 
Apl. I, relating to registrars. 
May 6, relating to Handbook. 

May 6, relating to the use of the title of the School of 
Mines. 

1879, J^"- 3> relating to the Chanler Prize. 
Mch. 3, relating to teachers and others. 

Apl. 7, relating to volunteer class in mechanical 

engineering. 
Dec. 5, relating to salaries. 

1880, Mch. I, relating to special students in the School of 
Mines. 

June 7, relating to fees. 
Oct. 4, relating to fees. 
Oct. 4, relating to registrars. 

1881, Feb. 7, relating to public meetings. 
Apl. 4, relating to fellows. 

1882, Mch. 6, relating to preparatory schools. 
Apl. 3, relating to Handbook. 

May 6, relating to fees. 

May 6, relating to terms (academic year). 

May 6, relating to candidates for the degree of Ph.D. 

in the School of Mines. 
May 6, relating to degrees and certificates of proficiency. 
May 6, relating to graduate courses in the School of 

Mines. 
June 5, relating to prize lectureships. 
June 5, relating to prize tutorships. 
Dec. 4, relating to fees. 
Dec. 4, relating to free tuition. 

1883, May 7, relating to examiners. 
June 4, relating to honorary assistants. 
June 4, relating to fees of fellows. 

Dec. 3, relating to printing and advertising. 

1884, Feb. 4, relating to Summer Schools. 
Feb. 4, relating to Herbarium. 

Feb. 4, relating to fees. 

Mch. 4, relating to Library. 

May 5, relating to candidates for the degree of Ph.D. 

in the School of Mines. 
June 2, relating to honorary assistants. 
Nov. 3, relating to degrees. 

1885, Jan. 4, relating to fees of fellows. 

Jan. 4, relating to appointments and promotions. 
Mch. 2, relating to Library. 



APPENDIX. 41 

1885, Mch. 2, relating to College publications. 
May 4, relating to free tuition. 

June I, relating to payment of salaries. 

June I, relating to graduate courses in the School of 

Mines. 
Nov. 2, relating to honorary assistants. 
Nov. 2, relating to Tyndall Fellowship. 
Dec. 7, relating to Seligman Fellowships. 
Dec. 7, relating to payment of salaries. 
Dec. 7, relating to summary of resolutions. 

1886, Jan. 4, relating to free tuition. 

Jan. 4, relating to increase of salary and promotion. 

Feb. I, relating to Seligman Prize. 

Feb. I, relating to examinations. 

Feb. I, relating to terms (academic year). 

Mar. I, relating to Seligman Fellowships. 

Apl. 6, relating to fees. 

May 3, relating to free tuition. 

May 3, relating to printing and advertising. 

Nov. 3, relating to publications of the Trustees. 

Dec. 4, relating to free tuition. 

Dec. 4, relating to public lectures. 

1887, I^^t). 7, relating to public meetings. 
Apl. 4, relating to Summer Schools. 

May 4, relating to Summer School in Chemistry. 
May 4, relating to publications of the Trustees. 
June 6, relating to gifts to the Library. 
June 6, relating to special students in Summer School 

of Chemistry. 
June 6, relating to annual reports of President and 

Treasurer. 
Oct. 3, relating to public lectures. 
Nov. 7, relating to Seligman Fellowships. 
Dec. 5, relating to academic costume. 

1888, May 7, relating to School of Mines examinations. 
June 4, relating to salary of examiners. 

June 4, relating to academic costume. 
June 4, relating to examiners. 
June 4, relating to Summer Schools. 
Nov. 5, relating to honorary assistants. 

1889, Jan. 7, relating to fees. 

Feb. 4, relating to degrees and certificates of profi- 
ciency. 
Apl. I, relating to Barnard College. 
May 6, relating to Columbia Fellowship in Architecture. 



A 



42 APPENDIX. 

1889, June 3, relating to salary of examiners. 
June 3, relating to Seligman Fellowships. 
June 3, relating to examiners. 

Oct. 7, relating to partial course in the School of Mines. 
Oct. 7, relating to special students in the School of 

Mines. 
Nov. 4, relating to partial and graduate courses in the 

School of Mines. 
Dec. 2, relating to Columbia Fellowship in Architecture. 
Dec. 2, relating to McKim Fellowship in Architecture. 

1890, Feb. 10, relating to electrical and sanitary en- 
gineering. 

Feb. 10, relating to fees. 

Mch. 3, relating to President's Secretary. 

Apl. 7, relating to Law School attendance. 

Apl. 7, relating to examinations. 

Apl. 7, relating to the degree of B.L. cum laude. 

Apl. 7, relating to fees. 

Apl. 7, relating to special students in the Law School. 

Apl. 7, relating to prize scholarships in the School of 

Arts. 
May 5, relating to the secretary of the Faculty of 

Philosophy. 
May 5, relating to the acting Dean of the School of 

Arts. 
May 5, relating to the Library. 
June 2, relating to public lectures. 
June 2, relating to Bulletin. 
Nov. 3, relating to degrees. 
Dec. I, relating to salaries. 
Dec. I, relating to appointment of fellows. 
Dec. I, relating to fellowships. 
Dec. I, relating to grades of ofifice. 
Dec. I, relating to emeritus professors. 
Dec. I, relating to leave of absence of professors. 
Dec. I, relating to Barnard College. 
Dec. I, relating to increase of salary and promotion. 
Dec. I, relating to Chapel attendance. 
Dec. I, relating to Chapel services. 

Dec. I, relating to remunerative employment of fellows. 
Dec. I, relating to degrees. 

1891, Jan. 5, relating to public lectures. 

Jan. 5, relating to reciprocity with other institutions. 
Feb. 2, relating to the representatives of Seminaries. 
Feb. 2. relating to fees of fellows. 



APPENDIX, 43 

1891, Feb. 2, relating to reciprocity with other institu- 
tions. 

Feb. 2, relating to Commencement week. 

Apl. 6, relating to leave of absence of professors. 

Apl. 6, relating to free tuition. 

May 4, relating to degrees. 

May 4, relating to Chapel services. 

May 4, relating to salary of choir leader. 

June I, relating to the fellowships of the Alumni Asso- 
ciation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. 

June I, relating to intermission of lectures. 

June I, relating to fees. 

Dec. 7, relating to electrical and sanitary engineering. 

Dec. 7, relating to public meetings. 



